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  • A Fool's Errand

    Creating the National Museum of African American History and Culture in the Age of Bush, Obama, and Trump

    by Lonnie G. Bunch III ...
    Founding Director Lonnie Bunch's deeply personal tale of the triumphs and challenges of bringing the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture to life. His story is by turns inspiring, funny, frustrating, quixotic, bittersweet, and above all, a compelling read.In its first four months of operation, the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • History by a Hair

    Thomas Jefferson, Sally Hemings & Solving a 200-Year-Old Mystery

    by Richard Kurin ...
    **The definitive account of how a discarded strand of hair found in Thomas Jefferson’s Bible led to a sweeping, multi-year genomic investigation, drawing on technological advances in DNA to finally resolve a 200-year national controversy.Features an introduction by Smithsonian secretary Lonnie G. Bunch III“Written with the gravitas of history and the pace of a thriller, Richard Kurin’s landmark ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

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    A Fool's Errand

    Creating the National Museum of African American History and Culture in the Age of Bush, Obama, and Trump

    by Lonnie G. Bunch III ...
    Narrated by JD Jackson ...

    Unabridged

    12 hours 49 min

    In its first four months of operation, the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture surpassed one million visits and quickly became a cherished, vital monument to the African American experience. And yet this accomplishment was never assured. In A Fool's Errand, founding director Lonnie Bunch tells his story of bringing his clear vision and leadership to realize this ... Read more

    $25.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • Halfway to Freedom

    The History of Black Washington, DC

    by Maurice Jackson ...
    Halfway to Freedom is a social, political, intellectual, and cultural history of African Americans in Washington, DC, looking at the role that race, gender, color, culture, class, and power have played in the city and its relationship with the federal government, the nation, and the world.For more than two hundred years, the history and culture of the District of Columbia have been in great part ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

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  • Smithsonian Asian Pacific American History, Art, and Culture in 101 Objects 

    Edited by Theodore S. Gonzalves ...
    A rich and compelling introduction to the history of Asian Pacific American communities as told through 101 objects, from a fortune cookie baking mold to the debut Ms. Marvel comic featuring Kamala KhanSmithsonian Asian Pacific American History, Art, and Culture in 101 Objects invites readers to experience both well-known and untold stories through influential, controversial, and meaningful ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

  • Race and Reconciliation in America

    by Adele Logan Alexander, Tom Allen, Bernard Bergreen, Douglas Blackmon, Katrina Brown, Krista Buccellato, Lonnie Bunch, Deepak Chopra, Gail Christopher, Nancy Clair, Chuck Conconi, John Connolly, Stephen Cropper, Jason Dean, Debbie Dingell, Jan Smith-Donaldson, Maria Echaveste, Christopher Edley, Mary Farrell, Raul Fernandez, Patricia Finneran, Badi Foster, LaToya Foster, D'Angelo Gardner, Helene Gayle, Kevin Gover, Tammy Haddad, Elyas Harris, Dorothy Height, Zelda Heller, Fred Hochberg, Murray Horwitz, Noel Ignatiev, Bruce Jacobs, Joe Klein, Jay Lavender, Reta Lewis, The Honorable John Lewis, Michael Liberty, Joe Madison, Sharon Malone, Marlon Marshall, Robbie McCauley, Alexis McGill, Sgt Maj. Alford McMichael, Natalie Moody, Dawn Moore, Joy Moore, Minyon Moore, Westley Moore, Beverly Morgan-Welch, Judith Mowry, Marilyn Ordover, Joshua Packwood, Jennifer Pardo, Richard North Patterson, Erica Payne, Colette Phillips, Mark Planning, Sally Quinn, Stephanie Robinson, Amanda Sage, David Schoen, Gerald Talbot, Robert Talbot, Marc Titus, Enola Gay Aird, James Allen, Louis Gossett Jr., Ambassador Marc Grossman, Rev. Roger Hambrick, Rabbi Shmuel Herzfeld, The Honorable Henry Kennedy Jr., Hon. William S. Cohen, Janet Langhart Cohen, Sam Donaldson, General Jim Jones, Peggy McIntosh, William Smith, Rev. Gerald Tyler, Marjorie Valbrun, Ronald Walters, Harriet A. Washington, Rabbi Avi Weiss, Michael Wenger, Thomas Wharton, Armstrong Williams, Doug Wilson, Jay Winik, Simeon Wright, Paul Zimmerman, David Zirin, John Zogby ...
    Race and racism have played a divisive and defining role throughout much of America's history. Slavery, Jim Crow laws, segregation, and Ku Klux Klan terrorism have inflicted deep psychic wounds, social disparities, and economic disadvantages that have diminished the promise of equal rights and opportunities for all.While much progress in race relations has been made in recent years-including the ... Read more

    $44.59 USD

  • Sweet Home Café Cookbook

    A Celebration of African American Cooking

    by Jessica B. Harris, Albert Lukas, Jerome Grant, Lonnie G. Bunch III, Nat'l Mus Afr Am Hist Culture ...
    A celebration of African American cooking with 109 recipes from the National Museum of African American History and Culture's Sweet Home CaféSince the 2016 opening of the National Museum of African American History and Culture, its Sweet Home Café has become a destination in its own right. Showcasing African American contributions to American cuisine, the café offers favorite dishes made with ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Slave Culture

    A Documentary Collection of the Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers' Project [3 volumes]

    Edited by Spencer R. Crew, Lonnie G. Bunch III, Clement A. Price ...
    For the first time, the WPA Slave Narratives are organized by theme, making it easier to examine—and understand—specific aspects of slave life and culture.There is no better way to appreciate history than to experience it through the eyes of those who lived it. Slave Culture: A Documentary Collection of the Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers' Project brings together the memories of the last ... Read more

    $227.89 USD

  • Interpreting African American History and Culture at Museums and Historic Sites

    Edited by Max A. van Balgooy ...
    Series series Interpreting History
    In this landmark guide, nearly two dozen essays by scholars, educators, and museum leaders suggest the next steps in the interpretation of African American history and culture from the colonial period to the twentieth century at history museums and historic sites. This diverse anthology addresses both historical research and interpretive methodologies, including investigating church and legal ... Read more

    $42.09 USD

  • We Return Fighting

    World War I and the Shaping of Modern Black Identity

    by Nat'l Mus Afr Am Hist Culture, John H. Morrow Jr., Krewasky A. Salter ...
    A richly illustrated commemoration of African Americans' roles in World War I highlighting how the wartime experience reshaped their lives and their communities after they returned home.This stunning book presents artifacts, medals, and photographs alongside powerful essays that together highlight the efforts of African Americans during World War I. As in many previous wars, black soldiers served ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Black Mercuries

    African American Athletes, Race, and the Modern Olympic Games

    by David K. Wiggins, Kevin B. Witherspoon, Mark Dyreson ...
    “An essential source on African American athletes and Olympic history.”-Booklist, Starred Review, and a Booklist Top 10 Sports Book of 2023The first book to fully chronicle the struggles and triumphs of African American athletes in the Modern Olympic summer games.In the modern Olympic Games, from 1896 through the present, African American athletes have sought to honor themselves, their race, and ... Read more

    $32.39 USD

  • Theodore Roosevelt and the Smithsonian Expedition to British East Africa, 1909-1910

    by Frank H. Goodyear III, Dino Martins ...
    **Accompany Theodore Roosevelt on his Smithsonian safari to East Africa with new context and perspectivesFeatures 120 historic duotone photographs**Immediately after Theodore Roosevelt left the White House, he led an African expedition for the Smithsonian that collected more than 23,000 specimens for its new natural history museum. Alongside his son, Kermit, Smithsonian naturalists, and African ... Read more

    $17.99 USD